[Philips]

Dear Kaosun,

Afterwards I apparently bought a defective second-hand Citizen CBM 2000, complete with box and manual. Power supply is broken, no power and testing the device with batteries gives a plastic smell.
And screen does not light up.

A user of a Dutch forum saw on the photos that the previous owner has attempted to repair it. because solder blob is visible.

What else can I do?
Get rid of it and buy a Sony Discman or should I give it another chance by taking it to a repair shop?

PS: in the manual is a stamp of a shop in Singapore. So someone brought it to the Netherlands.

 

[danikd]

Hello Kaosun,
Could I ask you for help? I repair Sony D-250 by cleaning middle wheel and finally is reading CDs. Everything is working OK, but discovered that Q409 (from schametics - on photo in red circle) gets very hot on touch. Its OK?
Many thx for info. Nice day. Daniel

 

[Eryan]

I have researched most of vintage portable cd players made by Sony, Panasonic, Philips, Denon, Aiwa, Citizen, Toshiba and Kenwood.
I will replay any technical question about the following models:
Sony: D50 D50MKII D55T D100 D150 D250 D350 D303 D555 D99 D90 D3 D2 D2T D66 D34 D33 D121
Panasonic: SL-XP7 XP5 XP3 S505 S900 S700 S470 S490
Philips: CD10 AZ6808 AZ6819 AZ6826 AZ6804 AZ6805
Denon: DCP50 DCP150
Aiwa: XP50 XP66 XP77 XP6 XP7
Citizen: CBM1000 CMD3000
Toshiba: XR-P20 P21 P22
Kenwood: DPC-80 92 R7 7 77 92

Welcome any technical question!

Hello kaousun! Since you are familiar with several models I am interested, I would like to know your opinion. I currently own a D-99 to which I replaced the caps (well, most of it. For some others, I haven't found suitable replacements). I use it to listen to music with my headphones, and I really enjoy it's sound signature, specially with the Mega Bass on.
I am now considering getting another discman. I've looking for a D-90 or a Philips AZ6804. The Philips unit is a functional onev(50€). The D-90 are two units which are not working (the discman shuts off when trying to read the CDs.57€ for both units).
Assuming that I can repair the D90, which of the two PCDP would you recommend?